Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Gene, I would really like to see that. I'm also pretty sure that many other luggers would concur. Rob grduprey@rockwellcollins.com wrote: > I guess shore line would be the more accurate term. Either way the shots > are quite spectacular. I can see that in order to compete with Rob and > BeeGee, I am going to have to do some serious shooting around Iowa to come > up with some good photos for this group. : ) Since Iowa is famous for its > covered bridges, maybe I can come up with some fresh perspectives along > that line. > > Gene > > > Jerry Lehrer > <jerryleh@pacbell.net> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Sent by: cc: > owner-leica-users@mejac.palo Subject: Re: [Leica] Rewind handle and take-up spool + 2 more pics. > -alto.ca.us > > > 05/07/2003 11:17 AM > Please respond to > leica-users > > > > Gene > > It's just a short drive from Brisbane, but I'd be hard pressed to call > it a beach where the photos were taken. Pretty spot though. > > Jerry > > grduprey@rockwellcollins.com wrote: > > > Rob > > > > Nice series of pics. Sure wish I had that beach near hear - Nothing but > > flat corn fields... > > > > As for the M6 rewind, My M6TTL rewind is tight and much as you describe > > your M6. > > > > Gene > > > > > > Rob Heyman > > <rheyman@bigpond.net.au> To: > "leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > > Sent by: cc: > > owner-leica-users@mejac.palo Subject: > [Leica] Rewind handle and take-up spool + 2 more pics. > > -alto.ca.us > > > > > > 05/07/2003 02:44 AM > > Please respond to > > leica-users > > > > > > > > I returned to a particular beach last week to photograph a family. I > > have used this area before, but it is different every time. The day was > > perfect for portraits and the results are at: > > http://www.leica-gallery.net/heymanphoto/folder-4608.html > > > > I have borrowed an M6 from a friend for a week or two while I send mine > > off to be serviced next week, but it caused me some real anxiety last > > Saturday. I was photographing a wedding with both cameras hanging around > > my neck. My M6 with the short strap had the 35mm lens and his had the > > 50mm with the long strap. Both with the same film type, NPH. I had > > almost finished a roll on his camera when I noticed that the rewind > > handle did not move when I wound the film on! Damn! Not loaded properly! > > I was about to open the camera when I thought I had better check first. > > When I wound the handle it stopped, so the leader must be attached to > > the take-up spool. While watching the handle I fired off a shot and > > wound on again....AND THE HANDLE MOVED!. Joy of joys! It appears that > > his camera allows the film to unwind quite a bit in the cannister and > > when I wound on the next time, the handle did not need to move to give > > me a full frame. His camera winds on much more easily than mine and that > > is what initially alerted me to a potential problem. I thought it felt > > too loose to be winding film. Unfounded as it turns out, but worrisome > > at the time. In comparison mine is quite tight, especially when > > rewinding. As rewinding is almost complete, I quite often lose grip > > because of this tension. This is the only time I have used another M6 > > and as such this is the only time I have been able to make a comparison. > > Which is correct, quite loose or reasonably tight? Should the rewind > > handle spin quite freely during film advance or should there be just > > enough tension to allow only a frame to unroll from the spool without > > "running on" a bit like a roll of toilet paper? > > And how do I verbalise what is little or a lot? > > Rob > > -- > > __________________________________ > > Rob Heyman Photography > > 32 Binyara Street > > CHAPEL HILL Qld 4069 > > Ph 07 3878 3884 fax 07 3378 6639 > > __________________________________ > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- __________________________________ Rob Heyman Photography 32 Binyara Street CHAPEL HILL Qld 4069 Ph 07 3878 3884 fax 07 3378 6639 __________________________________ - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html